Our client is a leader in next generation, graph powered AI and event processing solutions based in Cape Town, South Africa. They thrive on a culture of creativity, transparency and teamwork.
They are looking for high energy, self-starting knowledge workers who can contribute to their growth and success. The Senior Full Stack Developer role incorporates all aspects of developing and managing applications, databases and software solutions. The position requires collaboration with the team, data scientists and client technical teams to implement systems and resolve issues timeously.
The successful candidate would be working on their exciting graph intelligence platform.
They expect you to:
Communicate your thoughts, positively and constructively, to discussions and debates
Constantly improve and develop personally through continuous learning
Accept your mistakes and learn from them quickly
Problem solve and see the big picture whilst managing detail
Bring innovation and creativity into the environment
Responsibilities:
Report to Development Team Leaders
Development areas:
With with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
Design client-side and server-side architecture
Build the front-end of applications using visually appealing design
Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
Write effective APIs
Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
Create security and data protection settings
Build features and applications
Write technical documentation
Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software
Other areas:
Manage and technically lead client solutions and assist in product development
Show technical leadership and apply technical initiative through empowered execution
Support sales and projects from a technical perspective
Liaise and collaborate with client technical teams
Attend events representing the company
Fulfil other tasks as requested by management
Essential Requirements:
Minimum of a great matric pass (Maths and IT non-negotiable)
Minimum one-year IT Diploma that included Java or similar OOP language
Demonstrable Web GUI Java development skills
Able to communicate effectively in English
Preferred Requirements:
A minimum of 5-10 years as a full-stack developer
Proven and adequate experience as a Java or Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language developer covering all or most aspects of "full-stack"
Experience in: Cassandra or similar NoSQL database, graph technology (graph database), Apache Spark JSON REST Service and APIs, Apache Kafka or other message queue / middleware applications, Notebook environments eg. Jupyter Notebooks
Able to quickly grasp the complexities of the companies ecosystem and operate at a high level on his / her own with minimal supervision
Salary and Benefits to be discussed in negotiation.